Medicare Rx Plans To Cover Fewer Medications
The number of medications covered under Medicare prescription drug plans offered by the 10 health insurers with the largest enrollment will decrease next year by 26%.
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Antiretrovirals That Restore Immune Function Needed
Need for the development of antiretroviral drugs that restore immune function more effectively than currently available treatments.
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Nursing Homes Often Medicate Residents Without Psychosis
In recent years, Medicaid has spent more money on antipsychotic drugs for Americans than on any other class of pharmaceuticals.
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Employers Use Stick-And-Carrot Approach For Wellness Programs
Some employers are wielding a stick as well as a carrot by encouraging workers to kick unhealthy habits and enroll in employee wellness programs or contribute more to their health care costs.
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Blue Cross Ends No-Cost Generic Drug Program
A program offering members no-cost generic prescription drugs has successfully encouraged people to switch to generic drugs and that the program will end.
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Reminding Kids To Stop Germs - Wash Hands
Pennsylvania State Health wants all children in Pennsylvania to help stop spreading germs by spreading the word about good hand washing.
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Baxa Corporation Launches MedBoard Medication Tracking System
Baxa launches MedBoard Web-based medication tracking system, designed to record pharmacy preparation and delivery activities.
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Walgreen Will No Longer Accept Four CVS Caremark Prescription Drug Plans
Walgreen will no longer fill prescriptions for members of four prescription drug plans offered by CVS Caremark.
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Nova Scotian Act Means Better Access To Oral Health Care
Nova Scotians can look forward to more choice and better access to preventative oral health care.
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Ugandan Children To Receive Abbott's Lower-Strength Aluvia Tablet
Abbott made its new lower-strength lopinavir/ritonavir tablet available to children living with HIV/AIDS in Uganda.
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Leavitt Promotes Personalized Medicine
Personalized medicine is necessary to help transform the health care system into one that promotes value, rather than volume.
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Pelosi Promotes Electronic Health Record Efforts
Oregon could become a national leader in the effort to create centralized electronic health records in the US.
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Progress Is Being Made Toward Approval Of Generic Biotechnology Drugs
The U.S. slowly is making progress toward developing a regulatory pathway that would allow FDA to approve generic versions of biotechnology drugs
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Amneal Receives FDA Approval For Bethanechol Chloride Tablets
Amneal Pharmaceuticals has received US FDA approval to manufacture Bethanechol Chloride Tablets, USP in strengths of 5mg, 10mg, 25mg and 50 mg.
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Health Canada Issues Warning On Axcil And Desirin
Health Canada is advising consumers not to use Axcil and Desirin.
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Snake Bite, How To Provide First Aid?
Recently we saw Jimmy Kimmel snake bite video on a live TV during a Kimmel's show, while many people questioned it, the issue remains, how to provide first aid or treatment for snake bite when in the same situation like Jimmy Kimmel.
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Government, Insurers Keep Medicine In Stone Age
Study notes that the biggest obstacle to Information Age medicine, commonly referred to as telemedicine.
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Senator Criticizes Limits On Sales Of Genentech's Avastin
Genentech's plan to limit the availability of cancer drug Avastin, which would require physicians to use a more expensive version of the drug called Lucentis.
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AHIC Recommends E-Prescribing Mandate For Medicare
HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt seek authority from Congress to mandate electronic prescribing in Medicare.
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Americans Paying Premium For Perfect Teeth
To meet the demands of patients seeking more natural-looking results, dental labs are increasingly adopting computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM) technology.
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Ikaria's INOmax For Inhalation Approved In Australia
Ikaria Holdings has received approval from Australia's regulatory body for INOmax (nitric oxide) for inhalation.
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Drug Safety Experts Call For Increased Patient Involvement
National drug safety experts will investigate the role of patient-centric drug safety, the role of patients in managing their medicines.
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Half Of Americans Unable To Access Vital Records Quickly During An Emergency
In the event of an emergency, nearly sixty percent would be unable to access their family's vital records within thirty minutes -- not nearly enough time in the event they were ordered to immediately evacuate their homes.
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Drink Smarter With New IntelliShot
The pounding headaches, nausea and muscle pain that can follow a night of drinking may soon become a thing of the past, thanks to a new liquid supplement that helps naturally flush alcohol's most toxic metabolite.
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Pervasive-Powered Data Extraction - Competitive Advantage For Dentrix Dental Systems
Dentrix Dental Systems is increasing sales and gaining higher ROI with efficiency and repeatability in their data conversion processes with the implementation of Pervasive Data Integrator into DENTRIX and EasyDental software.
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Watson Receives FDA Approval For Generic Combunox
Watson Pharmaceuticals has received final approval from FDA on its ANDA for Oxycodone Hydrochloride and Ibuprofen Tablets in the 5 mg/400 mg strength.
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Media Sometimes Expresses Wrong Idea About New Drugs
When it comes to describing the benefits and risks of prescription drugs, the hyper-competitive, around-the-clock media is rarely at its best.
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eFlow Included In NDA Submission For Aztreonam Lysine For Inhalation
PARI Pharma's eFlow electronic nebulizer was included in Gilead's recent NDA submittal to FDA for marketing approval of aztreonam lysine for inhalation.
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Examining Medicare Drug Benefit's Doughnut Hole Coverage Gap
New York Times examined the so-called doughnut hole coverage gap of the Medicare prescription drug benefit.
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Ugandan, Indian Pharmaceutical Companies Produce Generic Antiretroviral Drugs
A groundbreaking joint project between the Ugandan pharmaceutical importer Quality Chemical Industries and Indian pharmaceutical company Cipla to produce generic antiretroviral drugs.
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India To Provide Second-Line Antiretroviral Access
India's National AIDS Control Organization plans to provide about 5,000 HIV-positive people with access to second-line antiretroviral drugs.
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FDA Issues Early Communication For Chantix
FDA is evaluating postmarketing adverse event reports for Chantix (varenicline), a prescription medicine to help adults stop smoking.
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Musculoskeletal Injuries Persist At Chicken Processing Plant
Employees in eastern North Carolina continue to suffer from a host of musculoskeletal injuries of the hands, arms and neck.
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Wall Street Journal Addresses Electronic Prescribing
E-prescribing for Medicare is just the beginning of the modernization and digitization our ailing health care system urgently needs.
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Helping Pennsylvanians To Choose Among Medicare Prescription Plans
Nora Dowd Eisenhower urged older adults and other Medicare beneficiaries to attend local enrollment meetings designed to help them choose a federal Medicare Part D prescription plan.
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Text Messages Offer Health Tips, Reminders
People worldwide are using text messages as a source for health information, support and reminders.
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Discussing Dental Services And Oral Health
The new arrangements for commissioning primary dental care services in the NHS have now been in place for some 18 months.
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Encouraging Good Hygiene To Kill Germs
A new video featuring an original song instructs children to use good hygiene to stop the spread of germs that cause illness.
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Adherence To Antiretroviral Treatment Linked Po Health Literacy
HIV-positive people with low health-literacy levels are less likely to understand their medication instructions and, therefore, are less compliant with their antiretroviral treatment regimens.
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Adherence To Antiretroviral Treatment Linked Po Health Literacy
HIV-positive people with low health-literacy levels are less likely to understand their medication instructions and, therefore, are less compliant with their antiretroviral treatment regimens.
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